Open AccessTheoretical foundations for information literacy: A plan for action
Author(s) -
Budd John M.,
Lloyd Annemaree
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.2014.14505101001
Subject(s) - underpinning , information literacy , action (physics) , order (exchange) , process (computing) , literacy , product (mathematics) , action plan , plan (archaeology) , path (computing) , computer science , sociology , mathematics education , epistemology , engineering , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics , business , management , geography , economics , philosophy , archaeology , operating system , civil engineering , geometry , quantum mechanics , physics , finance , programming language
Information literacy is both a common and an important learning activity with higher education. That said, it is under‐theorized as a process and as a path to a product. In order to meet the need for theory, the four panelists will offer four distinct possibilities for theoretical frameworks. While the four frameworks are able to stand alone, there is also the likelihood that they might be melded together in order to form an even richer and more robust underpinning for the work of information literacy and instruction. This panel fills a need that has heretofore been found wanting in the topic.